Strategi Nafkah Petani Perkotaan Pulau Kecil (Studi Kasus Kecamatan Leitimur Selatan Kota Ambon)

Abstrak

Farmers who live along the coastal of a small island have various ways to
fulfill their needs. The ways to fulfill their needs depend on various habits that
have been carried out since a long time ago. The objective of this research is to
analyze livelihood strategies designed by the societies in the small island.
Research was located in South Leitumur District, Ambon City. The site of
research was of two sub-districts, namely Hutumuri and Leahari. Sample of
farmers were determined purposively from both sub-districts, resulting in 69
farmers, precisely 51 farmers in Hutumuri and 18 farmers in Leahari. Data
were collected from depth interview and analyzed with simple tabulation
accompanied with descriptive explanation. Result of the research indicated
that there are three livelihood strategies designed by coastal communities in
South Leitimur District, namely first, developing natural/farming resource
potentials by increasing the quantity of commodities that have potential
capability to satisfy daily necessities; second, developing natural/farming
resource potentials in wider sense, which concerns with developing potentials
of coastal area as fishing spot; and third developing human resource potentials
by providing job opportunity out of farming and improving the existing skills
owned by farmer household.